Cheshire Quotes

“But hoping," he said, "is how the impossible can be possible after all.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Mind my words, Cheshire, I will have you banished from this kingdom if you tempt me."
"An empty threat from an empty girl."
She rounded on him, teeth flashing. "I am not empty. I am full to the brim with murder and revenge. I am overflowing and I do not think you wish for me to overflow on to you."
"There was a time" – Cheshire yawned – "when you overflowed with whimsy and icing sugar. I liked that Catherine better.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“Besides, if you ever did eat some bad food, I could still find a use for you. I've always wanted a cat-drawn carriage."
Cheshire opened one eye, his pupil slitted and unamused.
"I would dangle balls of yarn and fish bones out in front to keep you moving."
He stopped purring long enough to say, "You are not as cute as you think you are, Lady Pinkerton.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“[…]¿Podrías decirme, por favor, qué camino he de tomar para salir de aquí?
—Depende mucho del punto adonde quieras ir —contestó el Gato.
—Me da casi igual adónde —dijo Alicia.
—Entonces no importa qué camino sigas —dijo el Gato.
—…siempre que llegue a alguna parte —añadió Alicia, a modo de explicación.
—¡Ah!, seguro que lo consigues —dijo el Gato—, si andas lo suficiente.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“There was a time" – Cheshire yawned – "when you overflowed with whimsy and icing sugar. I liked that Catherine better.”
― Marissa Meyer, Heartless

“You know…it always seems obvious to outsiders when someone is doing something wrong, but when your mind is in the midst of evil, it is easy to be manipulated by crueller instincts.”
― Cassandra Kemper, The Madder Woman

“I do not understand how you know you only have one life if you have never died, because if you have never died, then you cannot possibly know if you would go on living a second life, or go on living no more lives.”
― Cassandra Kemper, The Madder Woman

“Everyone, this is the new girl. Elder knows her. New girl, this is everyone.” A few people look up politely; some actually smile. Most, however, look wary at best, disgusted at worse. The nurse closest to me jabs her finger behind her ear and starts whispering to nobody.
“What’s wrong with her?” I ask Harley as he leads me to the table he was sitting at.
“Oh, don’t worry, we’re all mad here.”
I giggle, mostly from nerves. “It’s a good thing I read Alice in Wonder-land . I definitely think I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole.”
“Read what?” Harley asks.
“Never mind.” All around me, eyes follow my every move.
“Look,” I say loudly. “I know I look different. But I’m just a person, like you.” I hold my head up high, looking them all in the eyes, trying to hold their stares for as long as possible.
“You tell ’em,” says Harley with another Cheshire grin.”
― Beth Revis, Across the Universe

“I’m not seeing into your thoughts, silly boy, but into your face. You have such an honest face. A face that tells everything a person could want to know if they only look right... But don’t worry. Most people don’t know how to look right”
― Christina Henry, Looking Glass

“I can help him if he wants to be helped, but perhaps he doesn’t want to”
― Christina Henry, Looking Glass

“Change happens a lot more than you acknowledge...”
― Cassandra Kemper, The Madder Hatter